Toddler Gift Guide

Saturday, 10 September 2016

How is it possible that my little girl is two on Monday! I
honestly just cannot get my head around the fact she is turning two! This year
Emily has actually been harder to buy for than she was last year. Although she
now has a preference on what kind of toys she likes, that changes weekly. Also
her most played with item is her kitchen, and she has so many accessories for
it, that she can play with it for hours and there is pretty much nothing
additional I can buy her for it. I am also constantly getting asked by family
members what to get for her, so I figured I would put together a little gift
guide, to show you what I have brought, or am thinking of getting for her.

Emily’s friend actually has some of these already, and every time we go over to
her house Emily wants to play with them. Magformers are constructions sets,
each set contains various pieces in a simple geometric shape, such as
triangles, squares, rhomboids and many other shapes that can easily connect
using the built in magnets. Emily was kindly sent the Magformers inspire 30
set, which I know she is going to love. The inspire set is designed with girls
in mine, and comes in pastel colours such as pink, sky blue and of course
purple – Emily’s favourite colour. This pack contains squares and triangles,
and I cannot wait to see what she creates!

Last year we got Emily a personalised in the night garden book for her
birthday, and we were able to add a cute message into the book for her to keep.
I wanted to get her another book this year, as she adores her books and I think
they just make the loveliest keepsakes. We decided to go with the ‘lost my name’
storybook, and I am so glad we did. It is absolutely beautiful. Each child’s
adventure is based on their name, making the book uniquely theirs. It has
hand-drawn illustrations, which bring the book to life. The best thing about
the book is you make it yourself. The book doesn’t start without you picking
various items along the way to make it unique. The story is beautifully written
and I know it will be the perfect bedtime story for Emily.

At Christmas, Emily received a WOW toys playset. It has been one of her most
loved toys, and also one of my favourite things she plays with. WOW toys create
battery free, high-quality, British designed, developmental toys. They are
honestly built too last, and can handle a bashing about from a toddler. Emily
was lucky enough to be sent the London range, and she has been loving it so
far. The London range consists of the London bus, Leo. Which is a shape sorting
red bus. London taxi Ted, and his two passengers, and the Palace Guards figure
set. We have only given her the Taxi so far as we didn’t want to overwhelm her,
and she has really enjoyed playing with it. She even took it too nanny’s house
which means it is a well-loved toy!

You might have heard me mention Miles Kelly before, Emily has quite a few of their
books, and I adore them. The illustrations are beautiful, and the stories are
really well written. They recently brought out a sticker playbook. I have been
looking for a reusable sticker story boo for quite some time as I used to have
one when I was younger, and loved it. The Miles Kelly ones, are fold-out
rhyming playbooks, which feature a familiar rhyme to sing. They have stickers
to add and activities to try. There is 50 reusable vinyl sticker to use, and
the books have bright, engaging illustrations. I love that you are able to use
this book time and time again unlike most sticker books that get thrown away
after one use. They have three different titles, Old Macdonald had a farm,
Spaceship, and Cinderella. I know that Cinderella will be a firm favourite of Emily’s
as she already has the story book.

One of Emily’s favourite programs to watch is Twirlywoos.
She loves to dance along, and giggles throughout the episode. Her favourite
character in the show is Peekaboo, which is based on a sea urchin. We found a
little Dance-Along Peekaboo and knew Emily would love it. You simple press Peekaboo’s
head to see him spin and dance across any smooth surface whilst playing the
iconic Twirlywoos theme tune. Peekaboo also makes cute warbling sounds. Emily
has had hours of fun playing with Peekaboo, and it is so cute to see her
dancing around and spinning in circles just like Peekaboo!

I saw this playfoam on imagido a while back, and knew it was right up Emily’s
street. She loves sand, and anything messy she can play with, so I knew this would
be no different. Playfoam provides a mess-free creative play for children. The
great thing about playfoam as it won’t stick go anything apart from itself, you
can mould it into whatever shape you wish, and it will never stick to carpet or
your hands. It also never dries out, meaning it can be used over and over
again.

Num Noms PlaysetEmily loves these Numnoms, she has been collecting various different ones, and whenever we are at the supermarket, we treat her to a mystery pot. The numnoms playsets make the perfect birthday gift, this one is perfect. You can make your own flavoured lip gloss with this delicious Num Noms playset. Simply pick your own flavours, mix in sprinkles, blend together and swirl out the lip gloss into a sundae container just like you would a ice cream. The playset also comes with a special addition Num Nom, so it really does make the perfect gift for a collector.

- This post does contain some press samples, but all opinions are my own.

I've never seen a gift list like this!!!! I love the ideas on here. They're all so different. I really want to get some playfoam and magformers for my little one for Christmas. They look like so much fun! xx

I'm Steph, 20-something year old Mama to Emily (3years) and Isabelle (6Months). You can expect all things parenting, with a little bit of baking, crafting and sensory play thrown in for extra measure. Join us on our adventures.